The Motorcycle Database at iModeler

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Kawasaki Z1300 Engine, Tamiya 1/6th

I have had my eye in theirs kit for awhile now, price was right so I grabbed it. Was fairly simple but that may have been because I had built 2 of them for the 1/6th bikes one of which was the weathered touring bike It was a fun kit but [...]

Fujimi Honda Super Cub 110 1/12th

After a few months of trying to put my life back together, i decided to jump back in with this cute little kit. But first I want to thank all of you who reached out to me with your condolences about my husband’s death. And I apologize [...]

Motorcycle: Honda Dax ST125 – Tamiya 1/12

It has been quite some time since I have posted anything, mainly due to my recently modified build rhythm (for family reasons). Considering that, I have still been building fairly productively the last 9 months but just haven’t taken the [...]

1:8 1917 Excelsior Board Track Racer-3D Scratch Build

Like other manufacturers, Ignatz Schwinn, who acquired Excelsior in 1911, believed racing improved motorcycle engineering through track testing. The visibility of racing success helped sales as well. A machine similar to the one I built [...]

1/8th scale Norton GP Bike vintage kit from 1970 by Protar

Well, this is a terrible kit with even worse instructions. Somehow I managed to get it together, I’m actually shocked it’s built. My 29th customer build of the year. I did this to look as if it was found in a barn, so I could hide [...]

1:8 Super X Deadwood Special3D Scratch Build

In the Spring of 2000 I was working in the styling department for Excelsior-Henderson in Belle Plaine, Minnesota. The company had plans to unveil a hydraulic front (non-springer) end version of the Super X at the Sturgis Bike Rally in [...]

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR 1/12thkit #14109

I didn’t except much from this kit as I thought it was an older Tamiya kit (2007). I added Tamiya Detail Up forks #12619 and Top Studio #Md29005 detail set. I was at first unimpressed with Top Studio set but as I began to work with it [...]

Tamiya Ducati Panigale 1199 1/12th

Those of you who got to know me here on iModeler know me as Bike Queen. Well here is the bike that started it all. I was building a Monogram Capsule and Command Module kit complete with resin aftermarket parts, and everything went wrong [...]

Tamiya Kawasaki Ninja H2R 1/12th

Here is my latest, Tamiya kit #14131, Hobby Design 1/12 HD02-0407 Ninja H2 Carbon Detail-up Set Metal Modified Parts and Studio 27 Ninja H2R Carbon Fiber decals Paints used AK Xtreme Duraluminum, Xtreme Chrome, Xtreme Stainless Steel, Mr [...]

Yamaha XV1000, Tamiya 1/12 1985

A friend of mine asked me if I would want to build this kit, I eventually said yes not ever built a motorcycle kit. Talk about being out of your wheelhouse I give all kinds of kudos to you bike builders. Trying to build and keep it [...]